Collection Development Resources

• LBPSB Library Materials Selection Policy

• Canadian School Libraries Collection Diversity Toolkit

Equity-Informed Selection

Recommended Book Lists and Review Sites

• OLA: A Guide to the Selection and Deselection of School Library Resources

Book Recommendation Links

• 49th Kids

• African American Literature Book Club

• American Indians in Children's Literature

• The Brown Bookshelf

• Canadian Children's Book Centre

CCBC Book Awards (information)

CCBC Social Justice & Diversity Book Bank

• CM: Canadian Review of Materials

• Communication Jeunesse

• Constellations 

Formerly Quebec Reading Connection and Livres ouverts

• Diverse Book Finder

• EmbraceRace

• FOLD Kids (Festival of Literary Diversity)

• Forest of Reading/Fôret de la lecture 2024

• Governor General's Literary Awards

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• Good Minds: Indigenous Educational Resources for Schools and Libraries 

• Kaléidoscope: lives jeunesse pour un monde égalitaire 

• Kirkus Prize: Young Readers’ Finalists 2023

• Mistikrak ! - Littérature jeunesse 

• Notable Children's Books (ALA/ALSC)

• Prix des libraires

• Prix Espiègle

• Quill & Quire Books of the Year 2023

• School Library Journal Best Books 2023

• Strong Nations

• Social Justice Books

• Trouvelivre.ca

• We Need Diverse Books